The Eagle
Aquila
Genitive: Aquilae · abbreviation Aql
Best evening month
August
Visible from
82°S to 90°N
Centre RA
19h 23m 00s
Centre Dec
+8° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
The eagle that carried Zeus's thunderbolts and abducted Ganymede. Its brightest star, Altair, forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD
Brightest stars
- mag 0.76
Altair
α Aquilae · HIP 97649
- mag 2.72
Tarazed
γ Aquilae · HIP 97278
- mag 2.99
Okab
ζ Aquilae · HIP 93747
- mag 3.24
θ Aquilae
HIP 99473
- mag 3.36
Almizan
δ Aquilae · HIP 95501
- mag 3.43
Al Thalimain Prior
λ Aquilae · HIP 93805
- mag 3.71
Alshain
β Aquilae · HIP 98036
- mag 3.87
Tarazed
η Aquilae · HIP 97804
- mag 4.02
Deneb al Okab Borealis
ε Aquilae · HIP 93244
- mag 4.02
i Aquilae
HIP 93429